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<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-085550a7-72e4-a7ad-bdf9-8d77f24823c6" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">As Dan Gilbert keeps buying buildings in downtown Detroit – more than 70, now – we're seeing the prospect of new businesses, new tenants, and new people downtown.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Detroit Free Press</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> columnist Nancy Kaffer wonders what this means in terms of private security and public space.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Her column this week, <a href="http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/nancy-kaffer/2015/05/18/quicken-detroit-security/27521889/">“Watching Dan Gilbert’s Watchmen,”</a> follows another column from a couple of months ago, and takes a look at the state of private security forces in the downtown Detroit area.</span>Wed, 20 May 2015 20:46:27 +0000Stateside Staff22105 at http://michiganradio.orgDowntown Detroit: private security in a public spaceYes, there is room for black people in the new Detroithttp://michiganradio.org/post/yes-there-room-black-people-new-detroit
<p>Recently, Suzette Hackney of POLITICO wrote an article that asked the question, “<a href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/09/is-there-room-for-black-people-in-the-new-detroit-111396.html#.VD6yXfldV8F">Is There Room for Black People in the New Detroit?</a>” Her account begins at the corner of Agnes and Parker at a local restaurant where she describes seeing “designer dogs” and “tattooed millennials."</p><p>From her piece:&nbsp;</p><blockquote><p>The whole scene was a far cry from when I lived in the adjoining apartment building in the early 2000s<span style="font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 1.5;">... but this is the new Detroit.</span></p></blockquote><p>I live in the neighborhood she describes, and even though Craft Work could be considered a “hip” establishment, I'm a little sad the area she described was reduced to a gentrified stereotype.</p><p>Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:29:49 +0000Michigan Radio Newsroom19508 at http://michiganradio.orgYes, there is room for black people in the new DetroitPlan to transform downtown Detroit releasedhttp://michiganradio.org/post/plan-transform-downtown-detroit-released
<p>Downtown Detroit could undergo a major transformation under <a href="http://districtdetroit.com/">a development plan</a> unveiled today.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The organization that owns the Detroit Red Wings says it wants to transform the northern part of downtown Detroit into a sports/entertainment/retail and residential destination.</p><p></p>Sun, 20 Jul 2014 18:50:53 +0000Steve Carmody18445 at http://michiganradio.orgPlan to transform downtown Detroit releasedBlack business leaders want "a seat at the table" in Detroit re-developmenthttp://michiganradio.org/post/black-business-leaders-want-seat-table-detroit-re-development
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;</span>There are a number of multi-million dollar development projects happening in and around downtown Detroit these days.</p><p>But according to the Michigan Black Chamber of Commerce, <a href="http://www.mlive.com/business/detroit/index.ssf/2013/09/michigan_black_chamber_of_comm.html">black-owned businesses feel left out of the boom</a>.</p><p>Black and other minority-owned businesses have effectively been locked out of the process of re-developing Detroit, says Chamber CEO Ken Harris.</p>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:07:56 +0000Sarah Cwiek14494 at http://michiganradio.orgBlack business leaders want "a seat at the table" in Detroit re-developmentDespite Detroit's troubles, a number of programs bring recent graduates to the cityhttp://michiganradio.org/post/despite-detroits-troubles-number-programs-bring-recent-graduates-city
<p>There seem to be two types of stories emerging from Detroit these days: one bleak and one optimistic.</p><p>Both can be spun wildly out of proportion, but the two – seemingly contradictory – narratives paint the same city in a very different light.</p><p>Detroit’s bankruptcy has garnered attention from around the world – from the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/shortcuts/2013/jul/19/detroit-bankrupt-but-not-the-first-place">U.K.</a> to <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/Americas/World-s-auto-capital-Detroit-files-for-bankruptcy/Article1-1094790.aspx">India</a>. The bankruptcy, the underperforming school system, the lack of public services, the high crime, the dysfunctional local governments: they all contribute to the bleak narrative.</p><p>At the same time, there have been a number of reports that have highlighted a more optimistic narrative in the city.</p><p>A recent boom in population and economic activity in Midtown and downtown has completely changed those areas of the city over the last several years.</p><p>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 18:31:21 +0000Michigan Radio Newsroom13693 at http://michiganradio.orgDespite Detroit's troubles, a number of programs bring recent graduates to the cityWho owns downtown Detroit?http://michiganradio.org/post/who-owns-downtown-detroit
<p>If you're in Detroit, and you drive south down Woodward from Midtown to downtown, you’ll see things that weren’t there four years ago: new developments,<a href="http://michiganradio.org/post/detroit-seeing-rise-pop-businesses"> pop-up businesses</a>, more people, a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/fashion/the-young-and-entrepreneurial-move-to-downtown-detroit-pushing-its-economic-recovery.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0">new demographic</a>, a <a href="http://www.michiganradio.org/post/what-whole-foods-opening-means-and-doesnt-mean-about-midtown-detroit">Whole Foods</a>, <a href="httTue, 09 Jul 2013 17:47:34 +0000Michigan Radio Newsroom13438 at http://michiganradio.orgWho owns downtown Detroit?More on the winners of the downtown Detroit Hudson's site competitionhttp://michiganradio.org/post/more-winners-downtown-detroit-hudsons-site-competition
<p>The iconic Hudson department store in Detroit was demolished 15 years ago, leaving a large empty space in the heart of downtown.</p>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:50:40 +0000Michigan Radio Newsroom13024 at http://michiganradio.orgMore on the winners of the downtown Detroit Hudson's site competitionDowntown Detroit boosters share vision for 2016http://michiganradio.org/post/downtown-detroit-boosters-share-vision-2016
<p>Exciting things are happening in downtown Detroit, and there’s a plan to keep up the positive momentum.</p><p>That’s the scenario the Downtown Detroit Partnership laid out at its annual lunch Wednesday.</p><p>The DDP outlined its vision for a dense, vibrant downtown Detroit of 2016.</p><p>The group is made up some of Detroit’s biggest business leaders. They’re putting money behind incentive programs and other projects to draw more residents and employees downtown.</p>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:42:41 +0000Sarah Cwiek12190 at http://michiganradio.orgDowntown Detroit boosters share vision for 2016New York investment firm offers to buy Compuware for $2.3 billionhttp://michiganradio.org/post/new-york-investment-firm-offers-buy-compuware-23-billion
<p>A New York-based hedge fund said Monday that it wants to buy Compuware, Michigan’s largest technology company.</p><p>Elliott Management Corp. has offered to buy the company for $2.3 billion at $11-a-share. Elliott currently owns 8 percent of the Detroit-based software company.</p><p>The Detroit Free Press <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20121217/BUSINESS06/121217024/New-York-hedge-fund-offers-to-buy-Compuware-for-2-3-billion?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE">has more</a>:</p>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:54:50 +0000Michigan Radio Newsroom10405 at http://michiganradio.orgNew York investment firm offers to buy Compuware for $2.3 billionIlitch company proposes $650 million hockey arena, entertainment complexhttp://michiganradio.org/post/ilitch-company-proposes-650-million-hockey-arena-entertainment-complex
<p>The Detroit Red Wings could have a new home if Mike Ilitch’s Olympia Development Company gets its way.</p><p>Officials from the company spoke to state lawmakers today, outlining a new $650 million complex in Downtown Detroit featuring shopping, apartments, offices and entertainment -- and a new home for the Red Wings.</p>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:06:31 +0000Michigan Radio Newsroom10210 at http://michiganradio.orgIlitch company proposes $650 million hockey arena, entertainment complexQuicken Loans closes deal on downtown Detroit buildinghttp://michiganradio.org/post/quicken-loans-closes-deal-downtown-detroit-building
<p><a href="http://www.quickenloans.com/version">Quicken Loans </a>has completed the purchase of the 14-story Chase Tower in downtown Detroit. The deal will allow the company to move the remainder of its workforce from the suburbs to downtown Detroit.</p><p>When the move is complete, about 4,000 employees of Quicken and its related companies will work downtown.</p><p>The Chase Tower sits just south of the Compuware Building on the other side of <a href="http://www.campusmartiuspark.org">Campus Martius Park</a>, where Quicken moved about 1,700 of its employees last year.</p><p>The move downtown is part of Quicken founder Dan Gilbert&rsquo;s plan to help turn lower Woodward Avenue into a mecca for high-tech, Internet-based businesses.</p><p>Quicken is the nation&rsquo;s largest online mortgage lender.</p><p>Plans for the Chase Tower include retail space on the first floor, and room for tenants who fit into Gilbert&rsquo;s plan for a downtown Detroit technology hub.Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:21:12 +0000Sarah Hulett1964 at http://michiganradio.orgQuicken Loans closes deal on downtown Detroit building